lunged


lunge

L0292100 (lŭnj)n.1. A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.2. A sudden forward movement or plunge.v. lunged, lung·ing, lung·es v.intr.1. To make a sudden thrust or pass.2. To move with a sudden thrust.v.tr. To cause (someone) to lunge.
[From alteration of obsolete allonge, to thrust, from French allonger, from Old French alongier, to lengthen : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + long, long (from Latin longus; see del- in Indo-European roots).]